Nature often sounds serious when it’s presented in documentaries, but the names don’t always match that tone. Once you start noticing them, some animal names feel oddly funny or unexpected. These ...

Watching wild animals can be exhilarating, educational and a richly rewarding experience. But spotting wildlife and keeping them in sight is often challenging. So wildlife researchers are increasingly ...

Wild elephants seem to address each other using distinctive, rumbling sounds that could be akin to individual names. That's according to a provocative new study in the journal Nature Ecology & ...

WASHINGTON — African elephants call each other and respond to individual names — something that few wild animals do, according to new research published Monday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free ...

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